544 



SULTRY FINCH. 



fasten a large hollowed gourd on a stick, with the 

 bottom upwards, and a string is attached which 

 leads to some sheltered spot where the operator 

 may observe the motions of the bird, and to which 

 he retires after having strewed some millet be- 

 neath the gourd y when the birds arrive in num- 

 bers to feed on it, and the stick being pulled, 

 entraps them : they are very familiar, and both 

 sexes are said to sing tolerably well. 



SULTRY FINCH. 

 (Fringilla calida.) 



Fr. Jusca-ritfa, cor pore supra striis longitudinalibus nigris, pedi- 

 bus palUdis. 



Fuscous-red Finch, with the body above longitudinally striated 



with black, feet pale. 

 Fringilla calida. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. xlviii, 2. 

 Sultry Finch. Lath. Syn. Sup. II. 210. 13. 



Native of the Mahrattas: length five inches 

 and a half: beak dusky : upper parts of the body 

 pale rufous brown : the middle of each feather 

 dusky black, especially on the top of the head : 

 under parts plain brown : legs pale yellow. 



